Considering the Purchase of a Rolex Daytona from Anywhere Other Than a Rolex Authorized Dealer?

September 20th, 2023

Bring your own watchmaker along and make sure that the non-authorized Rolex dealer is willing to take the back off.

People aren’t buying these fakes to wear. You don’t need a (nearly) completely reverse engineered Rolex movement to fool someone into thinking you’re wearing a real one. These are definitely meant to be used for fraud in the grey market.

Note: Probably a third of the time I waste on YouTube is related to horology, something I’ve been interested in since I was a child. Even though I’ve never physically handled Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, I was able to pick the fake in every side by side in the video before the reveal.

Via: Wristcheck:

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One Response to “Considering the Purchase of a Rolex Daytona from Anywhere Other Than a Rolex Authorized Dealer?”

  1. NH says:
    September 21, 2023 at 10:29 am

    Clicking through on the Wristcheck link and watching the previous two videos featuring watchmaker Roger Smith on the Isle of Man:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyuIFVdnIdo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Acw93Oua8I

    Absolutely fascinating. The fact that there are people carrying on with that tradition at the highest level–and continuing to innovate–very uplifting.

    The juxtaposition of an 18 watch/year manufacturer, with the roboforming/metal working manufacturer story you posted a few days ago is pretty mind-blowing. The disparate activities on the sleepy British Isle of Man are really something–hand-built mechanical watches at the highest level, and the most incredible motor race in the World, the Isle of Man TT–200 mph on a country road/town street circuit:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNXCJt7K3Q

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